See a real American douche set from the 1920s.
See also Australian douche ad
(ca. 1900) - Fresca
douche powder (U.S.A.) (date ?) - Kotique douche liquid
ad, 1974 (U.S.A.) - Liasan
(1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany) - Liasan (2) genital wash
ad, 1980s (Germany) - Lysol
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad,
1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol menstrual pain
pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol
booklet (selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream ad,
1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone
menstrual pain pill, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital spray
ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt
pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Sterizol douche liquid
ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Vionell
genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs
(Germany) - Zonite
douche ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
Vaginal hygiene in
The Intimate Side of a
Woman's Life, by Leona W. Chalmers
(1937, Pioneer Publications, Inc., Radio City,
New York), with photo of American bulb syringe
from the 1960s or 1970s.
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Douche, enema, etc., syringes from
the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog,
1908, U.S.A
Women have practiced douching -
flushing the vagina out with water or
other liquid
(in Germany, a Douche - pronounced
DOO-sha - is what Americans call a
shower) - probably for thousands of
years.
When Sears made this catalog,
douching was popular as a way to
"clean" the vagina (read why women
should normally not do this) and as a
birth-control method, chasing the
sperm out with a torrent of water or
other liquid, some pretty harsh (see
the links above). Women had few legal
ways to prevent conception in America,
and this was not a very good one.
I enlarged Sears's top-of-the-line
syringe (below the upper ad), which
was "wearever," meaning it would
"wear" forever, not that you could use
it "wherever" - please! Sears
copywriters had their way with words.
And I'm not sure why the company
makes such a point about its being
attractive and "tastefully trimmed" -
but maybe for the same reason a bidet looked
so attractive.
See a real American douche set
from the 1920s.
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See a real American douche set from
the 1920s.
The Perils of
Vaginal Douching (essay by
Luci Capo Rome) - the odor page- Lysol douche
liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche
liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.)
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